The Currie Cup Premier Division qualifying competition – designed to select an eighth team to compete in that competition from amongst the country’s smaller unions – gets under way this weekend. A number of the sides have taken steps to strengthen their squads, given the massive prize at stake. […]
Posts tagged with: Monty Dumond
Battle of the ex-Shark flyhalves
4 Jun 14 08:47 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 9 Comments
Luke leads Kings against Bulls
2 Feb 12 10:31 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 28 Comments
Former Sharks flyhalf Monty Dumond will play at outside centre for the Kings when they take on an understrength Bulls side in a warm-up game in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. […]
Vogt returns for Griquas
25 Aug 11 09:09 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 3 Comments
Griquas will look to bounce back from their heavy defeat against the Blue Bulls at Loftus, when they face near-neighbours the Cheetahs in Kimberley this weekend. Coach Abrie Minnie has selected ace goal kicker Rudi Vogt ahead of Monty Dumond at fullback. […]
Pretorius returns for Griquas
17 Aug 11 15:09 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 7 Comments
Top Super Rugby try-scorer, scrumhalf Sarel Pretorius, will start for Griquas against the Blue Bulls on Friday as he marks his return from injury. Pretorius will make his first appearance of the Currie Cup season in a strong Griquas side. […]
Griquas team to face the Sharks
3 Aug 11 15:33 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 33 Comments
Griquas have named their team to face the Sharks in Kimberley on Friday night, with a few changes to the side that beat the Pumas last weekend, a game that could have gone either way had the Griquas team not built up quite such a big lead. […]
New halfbacks for Griquas
27 Jul 11 09:10 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 8 Comments
Still reeling from their big loss against the Lions, Abrie Minnie’s Griquas side have been dealt a double blow ahead of their round 3 Currie Cup encounter with the Pumas, in Nelspruit on Friday evening. […]
Jansen, Pretorius MIA for Griquas
21 Jul 11 11:15 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 11 Comments
Already weakened by the continued absence of star playmaker Sarel Pretorius, Griquas coach Abrie Minnie has been dealt a further blow ahead of his side’s round 2 Currie Cup clash against the Lions. […]
Lions too strong for plucky Kings
12 Feb 11 11:52 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 7 Comments
Despite sending an under-strength side down to PE last night, John Mitchell’s resurgent Lions started and finished well to record a 30-24 victory over Alan Solomons’ Southern Kings. […]
Bulls humbled by fired up Kings
30 Jan 11 13:39 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 36 Comments
Frans Ludeke’s Bulls side lost their first Super Rugby warm-up game against the Southern Kings on Saturday, with the home side scoring a convincing 23-7 victory over the Super 14 champions. While it must be remembered that the Bulls fielded a vastly weakened side, the inability of his backup players to produce any sort of a performance worthy of the blue jersey will have the coach scratching his head a little. […]
Remembering the OTHER Sharks
28 Oct 10 14:22 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 28 Comments
Now that we know who the 22 players are that will represent the Sharks in the final, let’s take a few minutes to also remember those players who won’t be pulling on the jersey in the final, but have nevertheless been a BIG part of the Sharks’ success this season. […]
Monty… gone?
8 Sep 10 10:59 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 55 Comments
An unconfirmed rumour at this stage, but it seems as if Monty Dumond has left Durban to join up with the EP Kings. […]
Easy does it, Plum
7 Sep 10 09:54 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 25 Comments
While post-match statements attributed to Sharks coach John Plumtree would appear to suggest sweeping changes to the Sharks team to face the Pumas on Friday night, the coach would be wise to cool his heels a little before making any rash decisions to drop the core of his “complacent” squad. […]
What to do, what to do?
1 Sep 10 09:58 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 85 Comments
When John Plumtree was forced to send Pat Lambie in at flyhalf against the Lions, you got the feeling that it was pretty much a gamble that the coach was forced to make, after Steve Meyer ruled himself out for the season. A short-term fix, but not to worry, because replacements were on their way… […]
Sharks v Griquas: by the numbers
31 Aug 10 10:00 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 3 Comments
Looking at the statistics – and being in the position, like most, of being unable to actually see the match – I reckon you could be forgiven for thinking that the Sharks must have absolutely whitewashed Griquas this weekend. Perhaps they did, but one Griquas player, Bjorn Basson, certainly didn’t get the memo! […]
Meyer’s season may be over
4 Aug 10 08:33 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 168 Comments
A report on a popular website seems to suggest that Sharks flyhalf Steve Meyer will require surgery to repair the knee ligament injury he sustained against the Cheetahs this weekend. […]